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Murray favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

Murray favourite to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year award

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 14:30

London:
The British media has claimed that Wimbledon Champion Andy Murray will
start as one of the shortest-priced favourites when the 10-strong
shortlist for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year is announced on
Tuesday.

According to the Guardian, the Wimbledon champion is a
virtual certainty to take the award, having finished third last year
behind the winner Sir Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis.

A panel
of experts will select the shortlist, with viewers voting for the
candidates during the show at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on 15
December, the report said.

Other likely contenders include
the jockey Tony McCoy, the 2010 winner, who rode his 4,000th career
victory this month, and Mo Farah, who secured double athletics gold at
the world championships in Moscow, the report added.

The Tour de
France winner Chris Froome and the US Open champion Justin Rose are
expected to make the cut, and Gareth Bale`s dazzling performances for
Tottenham, not to mention his world record transfer, make him football`s
leading contender, the report further said.

Jimmy Anderson`s
22-wicket haul in the first 2013 Ashes series could win him the cricket
vote and Ronnie O`Sullivan may earn a place on the list after his
snooker comeback culminated in his fifth world title in May, according
to the report.

If successful, Murray will be the fourth tennis
player to win the award and the first since Greg Rusedski beat Tim
Henman to the title in 1997, the report mentioned.
ANI ---------------- ZEENEWS.com